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The apparently controversial part of the React license simply says that if you sue Facebook for anything patent-related, your license to the patents underlying
by rosser 9y ago
The apparently controversial part of the React license simply says that if you sue Facebook for anything patent-related, your license to the patents underlying React is automatically revoked.
Otherwise, it's just BSD.
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- tuxracer 9y agoAnd I might add GOOD! This type of creative licensing seems like an end-around a Congress and US Patent administration that seems woefully unwilling to make desperately needed reforms when it comes to software patents. If Congress is unable or unwilling to act then why not take it upon ourselves to include these types of clauses in even more licenses?
- ec109685 9y agoIt's BSD, period. Additionally they added a patent grant as long as you don't sue them for patent infringement. They could have simply remained silent on the issue and it would be worse for developers. A patent grant is only a positive thing.
- lvillani 9y agoWouldn't it make more sense to revoke the patents only if you sue them over React patents specifically? IANAL Hypothetically, there _may_ be good reasons to sue Facebook over patents unrelated to React, especially if they happen to break a patent you or your company owns. However, that would mean loosing access to React if I happen to develop applications that use that. Wouldn't such a blanket statement skew the power balance excessively in Facebook's favor?
- rosser 9y agoYes it would. Deliberately so, I'd say.